Origin: Israel | Documentary | Director: Avida Livny | 78 minutes

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(The) Baghdad Files
In Baghdad, a grenade attack on a synagogue killed five Jews and helped accelerate the mass immigration of Iraqi Jews to Israel within months. A forgotten box of documents, left at Yale University by Israeli journalist Baruch Nadel, revives a haunting question: was the assailant a member of the Jewish underground in Iraq, acting on behalf of the State of Israel?

Production Nitza Gletzer
Produced with support by Kan 11 - Israel Broadcasting Corporation, The Gesher Film Fund Mifal HaPais - The National Lottery

Read also Haaretz 6 November 2025: 'New Documentary Asks: Was Israel Behind
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